The RTR Complex Partner RMI2 and the DNA Helicase RTEL1 Are Both Independently Involved in Preserving the Stability of 45S rDNA Repeats in Arabidopsis thaliana

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Röhrig, Sarah ^a   Schröpfer, Susan ^a   Knoll, Alexander ^a   Puchta, Holger ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

45S RIBOSOME DNA; DNA HELICASE; PROTEIN RMI2; PROTEIN RTEL1; RIBOSOME DNA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE III; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; RECQ4A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; RIBOSOME RNA; RMI1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; RMI2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 45S; RTEL1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE DOSAGE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MERISTEM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMATIC CELL; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT ROOT; POLLEN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MERISTEM; PLANT ROOTS; POLLEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84994339088     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006394     Document Type: Article

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